Dublin, May 1, Eire will become the name of tie Irish Free State under the new Constitution, issued to-day, which Mr, Eamon de Valera, President of the Executive Council, will submit to the country at the coming general elec~ tions. The primary ofeial Janguaze will be Trish and the secondary one Pefie, Articles of the, new Conatit tion state hat the national Geritory overs all Ireland and lis lands an {Sitar sean but benaing the ext= Shale parimaentary lowe shall Sop' to" the Inn Pree State rea only.
'A bicameral system will be restored with the second chamber formed on vocational basis comprising sixty members of whom the Premier will nominate eleven, the National University elect' three, Trinity, College three and the Dail 43.
The President of Blre, who replaces the Governor-General, will be elect ed by popular vote for a period of Seven years. He will be called An Tuachtaran and will be apart from party polities and sectional interests. He wilt have power to withhold assent to bills.
striking preamble to the Con stitution rea "In the name of the Most Holy trinity, from whom is all authority... we, the people of Eire, humbly ac-Knowledge our obligations to the divine Lord, Jesus Christ, who sustained our fathers through centuries of trials, and gratefully remembering their heroic struggle to regain the rightful independence of our nation so that the dignity and freedom of the individual may be assured, true social order attained, the unity our country restored, and concord established with other nations, ive ourselves this Constitution."
An interesting feature of the proposed new constitution Is that Absolute divorce will be permitted within the country. The present system of divorce from bed and board only, will continue, Titles of nobility, may not be conferred by the state, but orders of merit may bbe created—Reuter.
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